November 30, 2005

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RUST FORECASTS

  • USDA SBR Forecast 11/28/2005: Warmer temperatures in the SE states. Little rust transport/deposition predicted. (Forecast not yet available for 11/30.)
  • NAPDFC forecasts have ended for the 2005 season. See the center's main soybean rust page for SBR summaries and updates.
  • See our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER for full forecasts, fully updated.
    • NEW THIS WEEK


    Fourteen new soybean rust finds, including first in KY (on kudzu)
    Between Nov. 10 and Nov. 23, there were been 14 new counties confirmed to have soybean rust, including a new northern-most county that was a first for Kentucky. (See first story below.) Rust also crept further north in Georgia, infecting kudzu near the Tennessee state line.

    To date, there are 136 counties in nine U.S. states known to have Asian soybean rust infections. See our stories below, latest to earliest after the Kentucky story:
  • ALERT: First soybean rust found in Kentucky on kudzu 11/19/2005

  • ALERT: Shelby County, AL, positive for soybean rust 11/23/2005

  • ALERT: Kudzu patch in GA near TN line positive for soybean rust 11/21/2005

  • ALERT: North Carolina reports three more soybean rust counties 11/19/2005

  • ALERT: Five S.C. counties found to have rust in multiple fields and plots 11/14/2005

  • ALERT: Carteret and Catawba counties in NC positive for soybean rust11/13/2005

  • ALERT: Soybean rust moves up AL/MS state line -- two new AL counties confirmed 11/10/2005

    • USDA Soybean Rust Observation Map as of 11/30/2005. 136 positive counties.

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    A mound of kudzu produces first rust in Texas: Photos
    Check out the patch, the leaves and the spores confirmed as the first soybean rust of the year in Texas.
    Photos from kudzu rust find in Liberty County, Texas 11/20/2005

    Outlook not good for crop prices this winter, says Johnson of ISU
    As the cartoon character Snoopy used to put it when he tried writing his Great Novel from his dog house, "It was a dark and stormy night." That's how Successful Farming Business Editor Dan Looker describes both the weather and the predictions this week when farmers in the the Indianola Marketing Club braved freezing rain to hear the latest crop price outlook from Steve Johnson of Iowa State.
    ISU specialist: A dark outlook for winter corn and bean prices

    USDA likely to leave size of S. American soybean crop unchanged in Dec. report
    Though USDA lowered South America's soybean output last month, Bill Gary, Commodity Information Services, Oklahoma City, says he expects the government to leave the crop size unchanged in its December report. That means no support for the market, he says. See our report from Mike McGinnis, markets editor at Agriculture Online.
    Analyst predicts same S. American soybean production numbers from USDA

    Ohio State says it's time to test soils for soybean cyst nematode
    Deemed the "silent robber of yields," soybean cyst nematode may be in the shadow of soybean rust, but its threat is far more immediate. And soil sampling is the only way to identify its presence.
    Time to sample soil post-harvest to test for soybean cyst nematode

    Results are in for 2005 corn and soybean variety tests in Illinois
    The University of Illinois has released the 2005 results from its variety testing program for corn and soybeans. The data from these latest trials are available in both printed form and on the Web. Read more here:
    U of IL releases 2005 soybean and corn variety test results
    RUST RESOURCES


    + SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER
    Visit our SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER, where we keep all the latest updates on rust finds, USDA and NAPDFC forecasts and commentary, tropical weather reports and other timely information.

    + Ask the Experts
    Remember that we can connect you with top experts around the country whenever you have a question related to rust or soybean health. Check out the Q&A already posted in "Ask the Experts"
    >Read the latest Q & A in Ask the Experts
    >Send us your questions and comments here

    + National and state rust hotlines and forecasts
    USDA is now giving SBR forecasts only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the rest of the growing season. The North American Plant Disease Forecast Center (NAPDFC) has ended its soybean rust forecasts for the 2005 season. SBR updates might be posted on the NAPDFC site from time to time.

    Please see our Soybean Rust Hotline List in the SOYBEAN RUST TRACKING CENTER

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